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The works of Shakespear in nine volumes : with a glossary : carefully printed from the Oxford edition in quarto, 1744

by: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, author of introduction; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, author of introduction; Birt, Samuel, -1755, bookseller; Longman, Thomas, 1699-1755, bookseller; Shewell, Thomas, active 1744-1748, bookseller; Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758, bookseller; Hitch, Charles, -1764, bookseller; Brindley, John, -1758, bookseller; Draper, Somerset, bookseller; Wellington, Richard, bookseller; New, E., active 18th century, bookseller; Dodd, Benjamin, -1765, bookseller; Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746, editor; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher; J. and R. Tonson, publisher; Clarke & Bedford, binder

Publication date: 1747

Publisher: London : Printed for J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longma[n] and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod

Collection: bplsctpbs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Volume: v.3

Contains the dramatic works only

The plates are the same, somewhat reduced in size, as those in Theobald's 2d edition, 1740.--Cf. Barton collection catalog

1. Preface. Pope's preface. Life by N. Rowe. The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor -- 2. Measure for measure. The comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. The merchant of Venice. Love's labour's lost -- 3. As you like it. The taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night, or, What you will -- 4. The winter's tale. King Lear. King John. King Richard II -- 5. King Henry IV, Part I, II. King Henry V. King Henry VI, Part I -- 6. King Henry VI, Part II, III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII -- 7. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus. Julius Cæsar. Antony and Cleopatra -- 8. Titus Andronicus. Macbeth. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline -- 9. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossary

Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue

ESTC

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound by Clarke & Bedford in full red morocco-grained leather. All top edges are gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedowns

Notes

No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.

Addeddate: 2014-08-13 14:54:53.602804

Associated-names: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, author of introduction; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, author of introduction; Birt, Samuel, -1755, bookseller; Longman, Thomas, 1699-1755, bookseller; Shewell, Thomas, active 1744-1748, bookseller; Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758, bookseller; Hitch, Charles, -1764, bookseller; Brindley, John, -1758, bookseller; Draper, Somerset, bookseller; Wellington, Richard, bookseller; New, E., active 18th century, bookseller; Dodd, Benjamin, -1765, bookseller; Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746, editor; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher; J. and R. Tonson, publisher; Clarke & Bedford, binder